Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Faculty

Nicholas E. Goeders, Ph.D., Professor and Head
Director of Stress and the Neurobiology of Drug and Alcohol Dependence Training Program
Neurobiology of drug reinforcement using intravenous and intracranial drug self-administration.

Tammy R. Dugas, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Vascular Toxicology.

Tony Giordano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Ronald L. Klein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Gene transfer to the brain for the purposes of gene therapy and other types of functional studies.

Heather Kleiner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
The chemoprevention of breast and skin cancer; drug-herb interactions

Kenneth E. McMartin, Ph.D., Professor
Metabolism and toxicity of alcohols and glycols; renal toxicology; renal vitamin transport

Sandra C. Roerig, Ph.D., Professor
Signal transduction in spinal opioid and adrenergic agonist interactions; analgesia and tolerance.

Michael F. Salvatore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Molecular players in age-related behavioral and motoric dysfunction and in
neurodegenerative diseases

Lisa M. Schrott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Behavioral, endocrine, and immune consequences of prenatal drug exposure.

James H. Zavecz, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Mechanism(s) responsible for the cardiovascular dysfunction associated with liver disease.

Yunfeng Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Oxidative stress, antioxidants in cancer prevention and treatment

Jointly Appointed Faculty

Donard S. Dwyer, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry
Nuclear translocation events relating to gene activation and neuronal differentiation.

Kathryn Hamilton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Anita S. Kablinger, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology and clinical research; gender issues in psychiatry; primary prevention of psychiatric illness.

James Patterson, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Amanda Sun, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine


Non-Departmenal Faculty with Research Interests in Toxicology

Chantal A. Rivera, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular and Celluar Physiology